 
The International Planning History Society (IPHS) was inaugurated
in January 1993 as a successor body to the Planning History Group,
founded in England in 1974.
IPHS Aims
IPHS People
Gordon Cherry
IPHS Aims
The Society:
- endeavors to foster the study of planning history worldwide
- encourages and supports interest and place-based networks
in the fields of planning history.
- publishes a journal
- organises conferences
- provides an international network for member contact
IPHS People
President
Secretary General
Membership Secretary
Treasurer
E-Communications Coordinator
Conference Convenor
Former Presidents
Council Members
Book Prize Committee
Planning Perspectives Prize Committee
Conference Paper Prize
President
Secretary General
Membership Secretary
IPHS
Treasurer and Editor, Planning Perspectives
E-Communications Officer
2012 IPHS Conference Convenor
Former Presidents
The late prof. Gordon Cherry (1992-1996)
Prof. Stephen Ward (1996-2002)
Prof. Robert Freestone (2003-2006)
Laura Kolbe (2006-2010)
Council Members
The IPHS administers its affairs through a management board and
an elected council.
Elected Members 2009-2012
Prof. Eugenie L. Birch (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
Research Fellow Christine Garnaut (Louis Laybourne Smith School
of
Architecture and Design, University of South Australia)
Ass. Prof. David Gordon (Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario,
Canada)
Prof. Lawrence Vale (Urban Studies and Planning, MIT, USA)
Prof. Andre Sorensen (University of Toronto, Canada)
Dr. Maria Cristina da Silva Leme (Faculdade de Arquitetura e
Urbanismo Universidade de Sao Paulo)
Ass. Prof. Isabelle Gournay (University of Maryland, USA)
Ass. Prof., Architect Madalena Cunha Matos (Faculty of Architecture,
Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal)
Dr. Ivan Nevzgodin (Delft University of Technology, The
Netherlands)
Prof. Shun-Ichi J Watanabe (Science University of Tokyo, Japan)
Prof. John Pendlebury (University of Newcastle, UK)
Prof. Ian Morley (Chinese University of Hong Kong, China)
Elected Members 2007-2010
Prof. Arturo Almandoz (Universidad Simon Bolivar, Venezuela)
Prof. Michael Hebbert (University of Manchester, UK)
Dr. Nihal Perera (Baptist University, Hong Kong, China)
Dr. Vibra Arora (India Institute of Technology, India)
Architect, Prof. Halina Dunin-Woyseth (Oslo School of Architecture,
Norway)
Dr. Fukuo Akimoto (Kyushu University, Japan)
Prof. Javier Monclus (Universidad Politecnica di Cataluna, Spain)
Dr. Joseph Nasr (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
Prof. Dieter Schott (University of Dortmund, Germany)
Dr Dirk Schubert (HafenCity University Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany)
Prof. Sevin Aksoylu (Anadolu University, Eskisehir-Turkey)
Dr. Dianne Brand, (University of Auckland, New Zealand)
Book Prize Committee
Dr. Nihal Perera (Ball State University)
Professor Helen E. Meller (Nottingham University)
Professor Jose Luis Sainz Guerra (Universidad Valladolid)
Professor Dirk Schubert (HafenCity Universitaet Hamburg)
Planning Perspectives Prize Committee
Ian Morley
Carola Hein
Murat Cetin
Isabelle Gournay
Ivan Nevzgodin
Stael de Alvarenga Periera Costa
Conference Paper Prize
Jenny Gregory
Gordon Cherry
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Gordon Cherry was the driving force behind the formation of
the original Planning History Group in the 1970's and its
metamorphosis into the International Planning History Society
in 1993. At the time of his death he was Emeritus Professor
at the University of Birmingham in England. He joined the
University as Senior Lecturer and Deputy Director of the Centre
for Urban and Regional Studies in 1968 and retired as Professor
of Geography in 1991.
His major books include:
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The Evolution of British Town Planning (1974),
Urban Change and Planning (1974),
Pioneers in British Planning (1981),
Holford: A Study in Planning, Architecture, and Urban Design
(1986) (with Leith Penny),
Birmingham: A Study in Geography, History, and Planning
(1994).
His final books, published posthumously, are:
Rural Change and Planning: England and Wales in the Twentieth
Century (1997) (with Alan Rogers)
Town Planning in Britain Since 1900 (1996).
One of his last published journal articles was:
'Bournville, England, 1895-1995' in the Journal of Urban
History (May 1996).
Gordon
Cherry on Planning History:
Planning history, in offering a power of explanation, opens
up a rich field of inquiry: why certain things happened in the way
they did and when they did; if they did, had they the consequences
intended; and if they did not, what new problems unfolded and how
were they tackled? In other words, planning history takes us to
the heart of our professional and academic subject- planning as
a process, with all the quirks of the unexpected en route.
Gordon
Cherry Memorial Addresses:
The IPHS acknowledges Professor Cherry's role in founding the Society
through the 'Gordon Cherry Memorial Address' which has been delivered
at its biennial international conferences since 1998. A short version
of the address also appears in Planning History.
1998 Sydney: Sir Peter Hall
2000 Helsinki: Anthony King
2002 London: Shun-inchi Watanabe
2004 Barcelona: Michael Hebbert
2006 New Delhi: Michael A. Tomlan
2008 Chicago: Helen Meller
H-Urban Affiliation
As of
early-2011 IPHS is affiliated with the online forum for discussion and
dissemination of scholarship on urban history and urban studies, H-Urban. As a
member of H-Net (Huamnities and Social Sciences Online), U-Urban has no
geographical or chronological boundaries, and is engaged with scholars,
professionals, and graduate students who are interested in urban places and
urban processes across the global, and in all eras.
For information on U-Urban and its activities please refer to:
http://www.h-net.org/~urban/
Presentation to Laura Kolbe
Presentation of a gift by current IPHS President, Prof. Eugenie Birch (left), to
outgoing IPHS Presdent, Laura Kolbe, on behalf of services to the IPHS.
The presentation was made in London at the recently held editorial meeting for
the journal Planning Perspectives.
Present at the Planning Perspectives 2011 board meeting in
London was Eugenie Birch (US), Fiona Bowler (TandF), Robert Fairbanks (US),
Nelida Fuccaro (UK), John Gold (UK), Peter Hall (UK), Vilma
Hastaoglou-Martinidis (Greece), Michael Hebbert (UK), Anthony D King (UK), Laura
Kolbe (Finland), Iain Matthews (TandF), Helen Meller (UK) (Chair), John
Pendlebury (UK), Filippo de Pieri (Italy), David Pomfret (HK China), Heleni
Porfyriou (Italy), John Sheail (UK), Dirk Schubert (Germany), and Florian Urban
(Scotland).
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